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Hezbollah missile kills two, IDF demolishes launchers in Lebanon

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 The site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit and caused damage in Nahariya, northern Israel, November 12, 2024 (photo credit: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER)
The site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit and caused damage in Nahariya, northern Israel, November 12, 2024
(photo credit: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER)

Nahariya men killed in rocket strike named

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The rocket strike on the city of Nahariya in northern Israel killed two men in their 50s on Tuesday.

The men have been named as Ziv Belfer (52) and Shimon Najam (54).

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Netanyahu hints he would hit Iranian oil fields if Tehran attacks

Netanyahu urged Iranians to imagine their free lives without 'the tyrants of Tehran' in an unusual English message.

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 (Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the backdrop of an Iranian oil field.  (photo credit: Canva, MARC ISRAEL SELLEM, RAHEB HOMAVANDI/REUTERS)
(Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the backdrop of an Iranian oil field.
(photo credit: Canva, MARC ISRAEL SELLEM, RAHEB HOMAVANDI/REUTERS)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that the IDF would hit Iranian oil fields should the Islamic Republic launch another ballistic missile attack on Israel.

“Another attack on Israel would simply cripple Iran's economy,” Netanyahu said in an unusual English language message he directed at the Iranian people.

His words, however, were also a sharply worded warning to the Islamic Republic, which is weighing a counterattack against Israel.

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WATCH: IDF destroys most of Hezbollah weapons sites in Dahiyeh, mainly under civilian locations

IDF intelligence had been tracking these underground facilities for years, and over recent weeks, the air force focused on destroying them.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Footage from the strikes in Dahiyeh, where numerous secondary explosions were identified, indicating the presence of weapons within the targeted infrastructure (IDF Spokesperson's Unit).

The IDF announced on Tuesday that it has now destroyed the vast majority of Hezbollah's weapons manufacturing and storage facilities, which had been hidden under civilian locations in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of the Lebanese capital in Beirut.

In the past, these facilities had been used to manufacture hundreds of rockets and missiles used against the Israeli home front.

IDF intelligence had been tracking these underground facilities for years, and over recent weeks, the Israeli air force escalated its focus on destroying them after a previous focus on killing top commanders and destroying deployed rocket cells.

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Footage from the scene in Nahariya: Direct hit from Hezbollah missile

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IDF troops kill terrorists, seize weapons in coordinated Gaza and Lebanon operations

The air force also struck several targets ranging from military buildings to ammunition depots, neutralizing dozens of terrorists and launchers that were used to fire on Israel.

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 IDF troops operating in South Lebanon, November 12, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
IDF troops operating in South Lebanon, November 12, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

IDF troops killed several terrorists and captured numerous weapons from warehouses, as well as dismantling terror infrastructure, the military announced on Tuesday.

Troops from the 36th Division participated in ground operations against Hezbollah positions in South Lebanon, which were used to attack Israel.

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Two killed from missiles from Lebanon despite IAF interceptions

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  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

Two people were killed as a result of a direct hit from a Hezbollah missile in Nahariya, Magen David Adom (MDA) announced on Tuesday.

Both victims were in their 40s, MDA added.

The IDF announced that three missiles were launched in total, and two were intercepted.

This is a developing story.

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Unexploded drone located next to avacoado plantation in western Galilee, no casualties reported

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One drone fell in an open area near Ben Ami just outside of Nahariya after sirens sounded in the western Galilee, according to an IDF report.

No casualties were reported and army engineers arrived to destroy it.

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Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat 'wanted to be a warrior,' loved ones say

Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, 21, from Afula, was among three other IDF soldiers killed in an explosion in northern Gaza.

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 Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat was killed in battle while fighting in the northern Gaza Strip along with three other soldiers from the Shimshon Battalion (92).

Zolat was 21 years old from Afula and served in the Kfir Brigade.

"He was a good boy. Loved his family and friends in the army. Loved animals. He wanted to be a warrior,” his father told Ynet. “I spoke to him on Sunday night, and he said he was fine. He said his leg hurt, but he could do whatever he needed with his friends."

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Drone crashes near kindergarten in Nesher, no sirens triggered in area

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 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
breaking news
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A drone crashed near a kindergarten in Nesher, where no alarms sounded, according to Israeli media. 

Though drone intrusion sirens sounded throughout the Nahariya, Acre, and Haifa areas, none sounded in Nesher.

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Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu 'just wanted to fight for his country'

Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu, 20, from Holon, was among three other IDF soldiers killed in an explosion in northern Gaza.

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 Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu was killed in battle while fighting in the northern Gaza Strip along with three other soldiers from the Shimshon Battalion (92), Kfir Brigade.

Eliyahu was 20 years old from Holon and, like the others, served in the Kfir Brigade.

"Ofir always told me, 'Mom, I enlisted to be a fighter, and I am returning a fighter,” his mother Nadi told Ynet. "Ofir enlisted in August 2022 as a fighter, was wounded in training, was rehabilitated, and then returned to the unit. Even when he injured a ligament in his knee, he went into the medical center every day with a request to return to combat."

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Israel at war: What you need to know



  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 101 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says